Jenesis left the business world in 2002 and earned an alternative teaching certificate through the University of Illinois? Middle Grades Mathematics program. She spent six years teaching 6th through 8th graders, with a majority of that time spent on mathematics, in Chicago Public Schools. The following three years was spent working with Carnegie Learning, Inc. as a coach in 8th and 9th grade classrooms. During this time, she earned a master?s degree in educational leadership from the Univers...